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| hdd password | 9/2/2009 |
Q: i have dell d600 laptop bought as refurbished second hand. i took out hdd (hitachi 40 GB) to inspect ...
A: I have a d600 I bought refurbished as well. You will need to unplug the machine, remove the battery ...
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| Harddrive recognition issues | 8/29/2009 |
Q: Recently, my computer stopped recognizing my old harddrive, which was a samsung SATA 250gb. i was ...
A: Chances are no, your new drive is working fine. What have you done? Is your OS on another drive, and ...
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| Raw partition issues | 8/28/2009 |
Q: I am facing multiple issues with my OS, Windows XP. My UPS was gone all in a sudden and the power ...
A: You might be able to restore the drives without data loss, however it is a small chance. Normally, ...
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| computer keeps shutting down | 8/25/2009 |
Q: i dont know if i have the right section, i was on facebook last night and my computer shut itself ...
A: You probably have one of two things. First is a thermal fault, this is when the computer is not ...
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| cant use my external hard drive | 8/24/2009 |
Q: when i use my old 3.5ich hard disk to use as external hdd, i cant use it. when i plug on my laptop, ...
A: How are you using the hard drive on the computer? I assume through an external enclosure. You will ...
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| retrieving data from old hard drive | 8/23/2009 |
Q: We have the old hard drive from one of our computers. It was run on windows ME. We tried to put it ...
A: You can place the drive in another computer, and run it as slave. This will allow you to pull that ...
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| harddrive | 8/21/2009 |
Q: This is a very important question regarding privacy issues: what exactly is stored on the computer's ...
A: How long they will be store varies on your Internet usage, and how much you use the computer. ...
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| hdd, virus, trojans | 8/21/2009 |
Q: my hdd or pc was infected with keyloggers, trojans, virus when i was surfing the net and clicked on ...
A: When you formatted that drive, you deleted the virus. However they could be in your BIOS, but the ...
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| hardware malnutrition | 8/21/2009 |
Q: hey there my problem is that my hard disk has been formatted somehow and now i am not able to ...
A: Which the drive has been formatted, the only way to recover data is through software programs, which ...
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| installing microsoft XP hard drive error | 8/19/2009 |
Q: I have a HP 540 notebook preinstalled with windows vista. I wanted to changed the operating system ...
A: You could be encountering an error, however the chances are it would not happen again. You can try ...
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| harddrive | 8/18/2009 |
Q: This is a very important question regarding privacy issues: what exactly is stored on the computer's ...
A: The hard drive contains all the information the computer uses and you have saved. Your computer does ...
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| Yellow "grounding" Mat | 8/17/2009 |
Q: What is this yellow mat, which was mentioned by my computer troubleshooter? He recently replaced my ...
A: ESD is simply the discharge of built up static electricity. Electrostatic discharge harms computer ...
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| Can't format harddisk Ntfs nor fat32 | 7/30/2009 |
Q: ive a laptop Hp Nx9010, 2.8 Ghz, 256Mb ram, 60 Gb Hdd, Xp Sp2 with 4 partitions of 14GB.. its only ...
A: I suggest you FDISK the drive, and just dump all the partitions. Then use the XP setup in partition, ...
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| Montier wont come on computer problems | 7/24/2009 |
Q: I have a moniter comes on with laptop and a diffrent tower to so its not the moniter...... I ...
A: You need to reset the BIOS. This will help to remove any chance the settings are bad. Otherwise, ...
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| CPU wont boot | 7/21/2009 |
Q: this morning i went through my usual routine of turning on my gateway computer and signing in to one ...
A: You might have one of a few things wrong. Easiest fix first. Turn on the computer, and press F8 ...
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| partition problem | 7/21/2009 |
Q: Actually, the problem is that one of the partition i have created shows more capacity than my entire ...
A: There is probably a conflict between what the computer actually sees, but the software is reporting. ...
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| Laptop Issus | 7/17/2009 |
Q: My acer laptop was working fine. It shut down for no reason (it wasnt over heating). I noticed a ...
A: What you probably experienced was a thermal fault, meaning the computer was hot, and shutting down ...
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| computer not showing some things | 7/17/2009 |
Q: I am not sure what area this problem may apply so I thought I would start with the hard drive area. ...
A: Sounds like either a virus/asware/malware or a problem with an update. You need to run a virus scan ...
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| Laptop/Desktop | 7/15/2009 |
Q: I want to back up individual information from both my laptop and desktop. Does the Maxtor one touch ...
A: I am not sure if the Maxtor can do this, as I am not familiar with the specifics of all the drives ...
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| 500g Hitachi Easy Drive | 7/15/2009 |
Q: I have a 500 gig Hitachi Easy Drive. It would run fine, up until I did a back up of all my files ...
A: First off, try the link I provided below to access some file recovery software. You might be able to ...
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| 70GB SATA hard drive quit | 7/13/2009 |
Q: A couple of months ago my hard drive with Windows XP crashed. In an attempt to repair it, I ...
A: Swapping the video card could work, especially if you are hearing no beep codes. Also make sure the ...
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| NO SIGNAL | 7/13/2009 |
Q: Will I have two computers. On one, I suddenly got NO SIGNAL on the monitor. Thinking it was the ...
A: Is anything beeping? The reason I ask, is this is common when there is a error in a computer. If the ...
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| Dvd rom upgrade | 7/12/2009 |
Q: I have a Gateway 300L??? it has Windows XP pro 2002 service pack 2 and Intel (R) Celeron and 2x128 ...
A: As long as the DVD-ROM drives your brother has are for desktop computers, they should work in your ...
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| 70GB SATA hard drive quit | 7/12/2009 |
Q: A couple of months ago my hard drive with Windows XP crashed. In an attempt to repair it, I ...
A: The BIOS should be able to be accessed no matter what. When you first turn on the computer you must ...
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| WD Hard Disk Failiur | 7/10/2009 |
Q: I have a critical problem with my WD 250 GB Sata Hard Drive I was using it with two operating ...
A: Did you fully replace XP, installing Win7 on top of it? If you didn't, and just deleted Xp, the boot ...
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| i cannot transfer file that are greater than 4GB | 7/10/2009 |
Q: i cannot transfer files that are greater than 4GB from the computer to the external 500gb hd .it ...
A: You can use disk cleanup. You will need to also delete the system restore files. This frees up alot ...
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| computer running slow. | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I have dsl service, and my friend told me that the fastest way to speed up my computer is to have ...
A: The DSL service might be causing it, but it is probably related to temp files on your computer. You ...
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| Unusually quiet | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I have a Simple Tech, 120GB Simple Drive Deluxe (approx. 3 years old). It has only a few GB unused ...
A: The drive is probably failing. You need to pull your data. I have included a link to some great ...
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| external hard drive problem | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I have a Cavalry 250GB external hard drive. When I plugged it in my Windows Xp it recognized it and ...
A: If the drive does not show up in disk management, then you have a bigger problem then needing to ...
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| Running slow | 7/5/2009 |
Q: My computer was running slow.I couldn't even do a disk config on it. I had a Maxtor external hard ...
A: You can not format the hard drive without losing the programs on the drive. You need to run a virus ...
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| Seagate problem | 7/5/2009 |
Q: I have a seagate desktop internal hard disk(500gb) and i was using it as an external and it was ...
A: What are you using to make it into an external hard drive? What was beeping? Was it the computer? If ...
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| SSD | 7/4/2009 |
Q: is SSD stand for Soly Stick Drive ( a kind of harddisk). is it stable and what are the good things ? ...
A: SSD stand for solid state drive. These are new hard drives that do not have to moving parts, ...
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| inadvertent shutdown and reboot | 7/4/2009 |
Q: When I am at my PC the screen will suddenly go black, and then a small white panel appears, with a ...
A: The screen you are seeing is the monitor telling you that the monitor is not receiving video input ...
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| Wireless accessibility | 7/3/2009 |
Q: We were given a HP compaq computer with windows 95 for our kids by our parents. I am wondering how ...
A: You will need to add a wireless adapter to the computer. Assuming it is a desktop, this come in many ...
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| hard drive problems | 7/3/2009 |
Q: MY EXTERNAL HD WILL NOT SHOW UP ANY MORE. I PLUG IT IN THE USB PORT AND NOTHING HAPPENS. NO PROBLEMS ...
A: You will need to check disk management. (Right click My computer, chose Manage, In the left pain ...
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| disk read error | 7/2/2009 |
Q: from time to time my computer freezes and after pushing the reset button I'm getting "A disk read ...
A: This is addressed on IDE ATA drives, not SATA drives. For those of you having this problem, Here's ...
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| Problem with portable harddrive not in my computer | 7/1/2009 |
Q: I've searched countless threads and found numerous people with this problem with slight differences. ...
A: Because the drive can be seen you are in luck. You probably need to assign it a driver letter. This ...
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| A535 winxp re-instal | 6/30/2009 |
Q: I have notebook model A535 from www.ecs.com.tw with WINXP SP1 installed. I need re-instal ...
A: You will need to check the BIOS to make sure the notebook is set to boot off of the USB device, ...
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| Windows Vista Drivers | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I am having trouble connecting to the interent and was told by this tech support that I need to ...
A: As long as the computer you have came with vista, and you have a vista COA sticker on your machine, ...
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| How do partition? | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I have new Hard Drive but i don't know how do partition. So pls., help I need 4 part in Hard Drive. ...
A: If you plan on installing XP, Vista and most linux installations, the setup software will partition ...
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| External Hard Drive Issue | 6/28/2009 |
Q: Hey Will, I have a 1TB Seagate External Hard Drive that has recently failed on me. I have a couple ...
A: 1. Chances are it is logical, but there could be a defect physically with the drive. 2. I am not ...
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| partitions | 6/22/2009 |
Q: I have Vista. My computer is two yrs old. My computer had been freezing up for a few weeks so we ...
A: The amount left on your recovery partition is normal. A few things could have happened. Depending on ...
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| external hard drive problem | 6/22/2009 |
Q: I have a Super-Core external hard drive case with a 30gb harddrive. what my problem is that when i ...
A: The external hard drive should be already setup correctly. You might have to assign a drive letter ...
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| Hard drive recognition | 6/21/2009 |
Q: My external hard drive, Elements 600 GB,has a problem. The software is corrupt, and my PC does not ...
A: I assume you have a Western Digital Elements external hard drive. I have included the link to their ...
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| old hard drive info | 6/21/2009 |
Q: i have a new laptop, a Qosmio av-411, but that's not important, what is is that it will take forever ...
A: Your old laptop hard drive will not work in your new machine, and likewise in your desktop. If the ...
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| Why are HDD platters not soft like ZIPs and Floppies | 6/19/2009 |
Q: I have a question just out of curiosity. I notice with ZIP discs and floppies, the disc is a soft ...
A: There are several reasons. Hard drives are sealed which allow the platters to spin at a high RPM. ...
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| Losing space on C hard drive | 6/19/2009 |
Q: I have a Dell Inspirion 530s that is 9 months old. Runs good. When it was set up I had Vista SP1. I ...
A: Like the person that suggested shadow copies, I would check the system restore size limits. You can ...
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| problems | 6/17/2009 |
Q: Ok, first of all I'm using windows xp and I have a custom made computer, 2.2 ghz with 512 ram. And ...
A: Wow. The easiest fix for you, is to do a full clean XP install. This will remove the system errors, ...
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| data recovery | 6/16/2009 |
Q: I have Three 3 computers that crashed on me because they were so old... (windows 95) and it's ...
A: You are in luck! You have two options. You can purchase an external hard drive enclosure from a ...
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| Harddrive advice - what i cant find out | 6/15/2009 |
Q: I need a 3.5" drive, with SATA and USB2.0 interfaces, with capacity at least 500GB. But the major ...
A: Sorry for the late reply. I am not able to answer your question with any complete degree of ...
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| Computer won't restart | 6/14/2009 |
Q: The computer just shut down, and I can't reboot. It's an ancient computer (2002) with Windows XP. ...
A: Sorry for the late reply. The disks you have downloaded are made for floppy drive. They are to be ...
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| Hard disk problem | 6/14/2009 |
Q: I am using Segate SATA 80 Gb Hdd Two week back i had a problem with my hard disk..the system ...
A: You can partition the drive and then format the main partition in the Xp setup. Then once you have ...
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| relaibility of backing up with flash drive | 6/12/2009 |
Q: Just got the 4 Gig Diesel flash drive. My concern is - is it as reliable as zip or CD disk when ...
A: You can leave it plugged in, however as a backup device, unplugged will be better because the drive ...
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| Harddrive advice - what i cant find out | 6/12/2009 |
Q: I need a 3.5" drive, with SATA and USB2.0 interfaces, with capacity at least 500GB. But the major ...
A: I assume you are talking about an external hard drive. I am unaware the the UK voltage, however UPS ...
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| High MFT utilization and fragmentation | 6/11/2009 |
Q: do you have any hits for addressing this performance impoacting problem? from a defrag program: ...
A: Recently installed programs, new items, temp files, never defrag-ing the hard drive. I suggest you ...
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| System Instability | 6/5/2009 |
Q: My system has become unstable. The blue screen of Fatal Error is coming after boot up. Occasionally ...
A: The single beep means the computer is POSTing, whish is good. The fatal error can be fixed, but you ...
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| Capacity of HDD and Hard Disk | 6/5/2009 |
Q: My computer specification says that my HDD is 15GB; yet when I right click my hard disk and click ...
A: Most of the users here use XP/Vista so I naturally give directions based on that when no OS is ...
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| hard disc cloning | 6/5/2009 |
Q: i need to replace the hard drive, i want to clone the original to the new one i can do this ok, but ...
A: Sorry for the late reply. If the drive has surface problems and other sector issues, I would suggest ...
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| Capacity of HDD and Hard Disk | 6/3/2009 |
Q: My computer specification says that my HDD is 15GB; yet when I right click my hard disk and click ...
A: In the hard drive world, you can have multiple partitions on the drive. This is widely done to ...
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| Hard drive failure | 6/3/2009 |
Q: I Have a M1625 gateway laptop, when turn on it gives me this message (SMART failure predicted on ...
A: What do you mean it will not turn on? You can press F1 and it will boot like normal. then just ...
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| External Hard drive | 6/1/2009 |
Q: hope you can help with this question. My internal hard drive on my Dell dimension 4550 crashed. I ...
A: When you say the drive crashed what do you mean? If you only received an error about the drive, you ...
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| cd burning trouble | 5/29/2009 |
Q: audio cd burnt only plays for 5-10 minutes then quits (1 hour recording) this be a burner problem or ...
A: Sounds like a problem with either the CD or burning software/drive. I would first use a different ...
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| wipe HDD | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I have just built a new computer and I forgot to wipe my old hard drive (SATA 1), is it possible to ...
A: Yes you can. The harddrive will work in your system. You will just need to switch the hard drives ...
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| need new HDD | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I need a new HDD to replace the old MAXTOR HDD, my motherboard just support ATA. First I tried some ...
A: You can use a standard ATA harddrive that is made by any of the manufacturer you mentation. The SATA ...
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| multimedia player | 5/27/2009 |
Q: I have a laptop hard drive IDE I too out and want to buy a multimedia casing to put movies on and ...
A: I hate to say it, but this is probably outside my expertise. But I will try to help you. If you are ...
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| Hard Drive Problems/then what? | 5/27/2009 |
Q: Will...My biggest mistake was buying this Viscom computer...has been nothing but problems from the ...
A: Your expatiation makes more sense of the 2.5 part. I suggest if you can, dumping all the partition ...
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| Hard Drive Problems/then what? | 5/27/2009 |
Q: Will...My biggest mistake was buying this Viscom computer...has been nothing but problems from the ...
A: I am a little confused about what you mean by 2.5 I assume this means service pack three will not ...
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| Hard drive | 5/26/2009 |
Q: Im working on a seagate hard drive that got a virus, wich gave me the blue screen of death. so a ...
A: You will need to reinstall the operating system. When your friend formatted the drive, it wiped ...
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| Hi | 5/25/2009 |
Q: .. Now i tried to do that but when i would go and install off the site whatever i need to install a ...
A: There are a few reasons this might be there. First off, try to download the setup file onto another ...
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| HARD DISK NOT DETECTED | 5/25/2009 |
Q: Sir I am having 1 yr 3 months old Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, with 250GB SATA samsung HDD. Yesterday ...
A: The hard drive probably died. 1. I imagine samsung will cover it, however, it all depends on what ...
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| HD disappearing | 5/24/2009 |
Q: I have 2 HDs and they are each divided into two. (C&D E&F). have a whirring noise that starts loud ...
A: If the drive disappears, then their might be a fault within either the motherboard SATA controller, ...
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| Windows system32 | 5/24/2009 |
Q: My other Windows XP won't start because it is missing a system32 file..what can I do to find this ...
A: You can not use your system32 file from vista. You can retrieve the file from the XP install disk. ...
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| External Hard Disk not Accessible | 5/24/2009 |
Q: When I was working in my PC, I unplugged my external hard drive USB without using 'Safe to Remove ...
A: I suggest that you double check the connection from the drive to the computer. Also do a complete ...
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| one too many hard drives | 5/22/2009 |
Q: My CPU only has 1 physical hard drive. but when i boot it up and open up "My Computer" i have 2 hard ...
A: The only way to make C larger is to reinstall and wipe all the data from the drive. I suggest you ...
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| HD disappearing | 5/20/2009 |
Q: I have 2 HDs and they are each divided into two. (C&D E&F). have a whirring noise that starts loud ...
A: I talked to some friends during the week, and most agree that the first thing to do, is to replace ...
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| Hard drive disposal | 5/20/2009 |
Q: I have replaced my old computer. I removed the old hard drive and opened it up so I could get to ...
A: You have nothing to worry about. The fact that you even opened the case almost guarantees that only ...
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| erasing material from the hard drive | 5/19/2009 |
Q: Is it true that everything that I put into my computer is stored on the hard drive? If so, is it ...
A: Yes it is true that your data is stored on the hard drive. My documents, pictures, programs, so on. ...
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| hard disc upgrade interchangability and recomendations | 5/18/2009 |
Q: I have a dell inspiron 600m computer with a 40 gb hard drive which has crashed and i am told needs ...
A: First the easy part. As for the speed, 5400 or 7200, tells you that with the higher drive speed, you ...
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| Problems with my transcend 250g external | 5/18/2009 |
Q: I have a transcend 250gb drop proof hard drive. I have not dropped it or damaged it in any way. It ...
A: Sounds like the hard drives has a error within the file system. I would suggest making sure you have ...
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| Hard Drive Size Problem | 5/17/2009 |
Q: I have recently noticed that the free space of my local drive (C:) is getting smaller even if I am ...
A: It is possible. I suggest two things. First, run a program called disk cleanup. This is accessed by ...
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| hard drive partitions. | 5/16/2009 |
Q: If I divide my hard drive into 3 partions: one for os, one for programs, and one for data; how much ...
A: This is correct. However, I would suggest only doing two partitions. One for OS/programs and data. ...
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| hard drive replacement | 5/13/2009 |
Q: Ichanged a hard drive from 20g to an 80g using a Seagate Replica backup system when all was ...
A: When you use a harddrive you partition the drive into multiple parts. In your case, the drive backup ...
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| External Harddrive | 5/12/2009 |
Q: I have a Hitachi Travelstar 80 gig external harddrive. I'm working with someone that runs a Mac, ...
A: I need the model number for the drive it fully help you. I a not an Apple tech, but I can try to ...
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| Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini Hard Drive and my Dell Dimension E310 | 5/11/2009 |
Q: I am trying to become self-sufficient, so I bought a hard drive to do my own back up process. The ...
A: Congratulations on wanting to backup your system. This is an important step to protecting your data. ...
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| My Book Ext Hard Drive - PC Freez | 5/10/2009 |
Q: I recently bought a 1TB "My Book Essential Hard Drive" which uses a USB 2.0. It works OK on my ...
A: The problem you have is usually experienced when there is a driver issue. Check Western Digitals ...
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| Upgrade CPU | 5/10/2009 |
Q: I am not a computer buff, so please be gentle. I have a Dell E310 that is 3 1/2 years old, 2 GB max ...
A: In terms of specs for the computer, I would suggest meeting the minimum requirements for the OS you ...
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| H.D.D Error and Installing Windows Xp On it | 5/3/2009 |
Q: Hello and I wish that you are doing well. When I want to install Microsoft Xp on my computer I ...
A: The error code you received is due to faulty RAM. I have included a link from Microsoft with the ...
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| Hard Disk not detected | 5/2/2009 |
Q: I have a Hitachi DeskStar T7K500 HDT725032VLAT80 / 0A33405 and suddenly stopped responding. With the ...
A: Yes the drive is more than likely dead. I would suggest you contact Hitachi to verify warranty. The ...
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| Hard drive rename | 4/28/2009 |
Q: OK I tried to rename it from I to C using your reg edit process. I rebooted and got all the way to ...
A: You can use other programs to edit the registry without booting into windows. I have attached a link ...
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| Reboot | 4/28/2009 |
Q: I just did a virus scan on a computer. When it tried to boot, after the Toshiba screen, only the ...
A: I will need the full model number in order to find the error code. It will be on the bottom the ...
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| Hard drive | 4/27/2009 |
Q: hey william, i have a computer with a bunch of high end components but for some reason the hdd ...
A: Yes those speeds are not normal. A few months back I ran into a situation with a friends laptop ...
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| Blank Desk Top | 4/27/2009 |
Q: I have Window XP. When I turn on my computer Window XP starts up but seems like computer is not ...
A: Sounds like explorer could be failing to load. This is the main shell used in the OS. Hit ...
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| Blank Desk Top | 4/27/2009 |
Q: I have Window XP. When I turn on my computer Window XP starts up but seems like computer is not ...
A: I need a little more information. Does it stop at the desktop screen with only the background behind ...
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| Hard Disk Boot up problem | 4/26/2009 |
Q: I have DELL 4500 desktop computer with WD 60G hard disk capacity and using Windows XP SP1. Recently ...
A: You drive might have failed. Like you said the BIOS sees the drive, however the OS doesn't. This can ...
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| Computer freezing, blue screen. | 4/24/2009 |
Q: My computer freezes momentarily? My computer freezes momentarily (for 2-3 seconds). Initially, ...
A: Luckily for you the error code on the blue screen will help solve the problem. I have attached a ...
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| MBR Error | 4/23/2009 |
Q: We have a Geteway Notebook Model number M285-E. We get the MBR Error message and when we try to ...
A: You will need to check to see if the drive is being seen by the BIOS. This will allow you to see if ...
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| Actual Disk Space available | 4/22/2009 |
Q: A 160GB IDE internal hard drive for laptop was partitioned into two partitions. C: (~50GB) D: ...
A: There is no simple anwser. Even though my computer tells me I have a 160gb disk, it only shows up at ...
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| Hard Disk Boot up problem | 4/22/2009 |
Q: I have DELL 4500 desktop computer with WD 60G hard disk capacity and using Windows XP SP1. Recently ...
A: The bios seeing the hard drive is good, it means the computer itself sees the drive. However, your ...
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| MBR Error | 4/22/2009 |
Q: We have a Geteway Notebook Model number M285-E. We get the MBR Error message and when we try to ...
A: Yes there is. The simplest way to repair or re-create MBR is to run Microsoft's recovery console ...
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| Tutorials on downloadloading | 4/22/2009 |
Q: Mr. Kennedy, I'm learning the ropes about computers. Could you direct me to some online places ...
A: I was unable to find any information on how to download. This is not a widely taught item in the ...
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| Bios can't find hard drive | 4/20/2009 |
Q: I want to reinstal completely the os on my laptop but the bios can't find the hard drive. the ...
A: Are you sure the BIOS can not see the hard drive, or just the setup program. If the BIOS sees the ...
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| tfu update pop up | 4/19/2009 |
Q: Every time I click anything, I get a pop up saying "An unidentified program wants access to your ...
A: The program that is trying to access your computer is the update application for Trend Micro. You ...
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| Unwrite-protect a folder | 4/14/2009 |
Q: My computer recently crashed, but I have all of my files saves on C:\My Backup. There is one folder ...
A: Type the following and match the folder name on your computer: cd..(hit enter and repeat until it ...
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| usb hard drives | 4/13/2009 |
Q: I have 2 Western Digital Passport drives which connect via usb. The problem is that 75% of the time ...
A: Sounds like you have a drive issue. I would check to make sure you have to most recent software for ...
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| Seagate hard drive not woring | 4/13/2009 |
Q: Last Thursday my Seagate was working. We unplugged it while we went ut of town. Upon arriving back ...
A: I suggest you double check the USB cord, and also where it is plugged into the laptop. Then try ...
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| external hard drive | 4/12/2009 |
Q: Q just bought a free agent 1T external hard drive, when plugged in causeslaptop to freeze and run ...
A: You system slowdown could be the result of a resource conflict. This means two parts of your ...
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| Sata hard drive | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I'm installing win XP 64 bit but the installation not see my sata hard drive. I don't now which ...
A: You will need the driver for Win XP 64 bit. I have included a link to gigabyte's page. Chose driver ...
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| Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 | 4/10/2009 |
Q: I plugged in my Maxtor, it ran and then just stopped. I don't know how get it to start again. I ...
A: Double check the power connection, also the USB connection. If the drive just stopped, then I ...
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| Hard drive problem | 4/10/2009 |
Q: I recently bought a 160gig HD and installed it in my machine...jumper set in correct position. XP ...
A: Your friend would be write to check if the computer sees the drive, but obviously it does. What you ...
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| To paritiion or not partition? | 4/8/2009 |
Q: William, I am wondering if there is any advantage, performance-wise, to partitioning a 1 TB ...
A: There is no real benefit to multiple small drives. Other than the speed in which formatting, or ...
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| Thinkpad 765d laptop 'stuck' | 4/8/2009 |
Q: Kennedy! Forgive me for sending this 'private' but I have never done anything like this before and ...
A: No worries about making it public, you have no personal information included. I hate to say it, but ...
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| transferring programs/files from C Drive to external G drive | 4/7/2009 |
Q: I have recently purchased an Iomega external hard drive with capacity of 465Gb. My problem is I have ...
A: The only real way is to copy and paste the data onto the drive. You cannot move programs, because ...
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| External HDDs not seen in My Computer | 4/7/2009 |
Q: I have searched this problem for a while, but could not find how to fix it with the issues im ...
A: If the drive does not show up in disk management, the computer does not know it is there. I would ...
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| fragments of programs removal | 4/7/2009 |
Q: I am taking two graphic design classes that use CS4. I have tried running the program several times ...
A: Lucky for you, there are two utilities preinstalled to help you with this. First is Disk Cleanup. Is ...
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| Hard drive space | 4/7/2009 |
Q: Hi, I recently bought a new laptop and I currently have 176 GB free of 221 GB. Since my purchase, ...
A: I wouldn't worry about running out. It could be any number of things. Program updates, temporary ...
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| External HDDs not seen in My Computer | 4/6/2009 |
Q: I have searched this problem for a while, but could not find how to fix it with the issues im ...
A: You are accessing the wrong utility. You're using device manager rather than Disk Management. When ...
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| ECS A535 notebook hard drive upgrade. | 4/5/2009 |
Q: The hard drive in my old Balance ECS A535 notebook finally went out. I need to change it out. What ...
A: I was unable to find the specs for your computer. I suggest you just replace it with the same size ...
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| Maxtor One Touch External Hard Drive Not Detected: | 4/3/2009 |
Q: I really do need some help with my external hard drive. It's a Maxtor One Touch External Hard Drive. ...
A: You have a few options to proceed with. First, I would disconnect the onetouch from the computer, ...
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| boot up issue | 4/2/2009 |
Q: I have a dell desktop that after booting up displays a blue screen. after re-booting I get an error ...
A: Make sure you do not have a floppy disk in the drive, then try to restart. What is the Blue screen ...
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| My hard drive | 4/2/2009 |
Q: I have a Toshiba satellite. Try to recovery OS on it it goes through the recovery is in progress, ...
A: The BIOS seeing the hard drive is a good thing, it means the computer sees it. However your recovery ...
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| Laptop | 4/2/2009 |
Q: I have a HP Vista 64 bit laptop, and my mom has an identical laptop. I have so many programs on my ...
A: What you are referring to is called imaging or ghosting. This is very popular in the commercial ...
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| Opening the local disk | 4/2/2009 |
Q: My name is Hope and until recently, when i try to open my harddisk C: it brings the option of ...
A: Let me see if I got it right this time, When you attempt to open the C drive from a place such as my ...
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| WD Harddrive | 4/1/2009 |
Q: //en.allexperts.com/q/Hard-Drive-Problems-2113/2008/7/wd-portable-hard-drive.htm I went to the WD ...
A: Without the model number, I am unable to give you the exact thing you are looking for. However, I ...
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| "choose program to open with" | 4/1/2009 |
Q: My name is Hope and until recently, when i try to open my harddisk C: it brings the option of ...
A: This window you see is normal. The file you are trying to open does not have a dedicated program ...
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| upgrading C: drive | 3/29/2009 |
Q: I want to increase my C: drive?? my c drive capacity is 20 GB and I have only 1.86GB for free.. I ...
A: The only way to increase capacity is to either combine the D partition, or install a new hard drive. ...
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| hard drive, not detected | 3/28/2009 |
Q: COMPUTER ABOUT 2 YRS OLD. SUDDENLY A FAIRLY NEW 100 GB MAXTOR HD SLAVE NOT DETECTED, PLUG IN ...
A: Check the BIOS setting and make sure the drive is being seen by it. If it not, then it is a problem ...
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| USB hard drive light never goes off | 3/28/2009 |
Q: My USB hard drive (SimpleDrive) seems to work fine but the light on the front never goes out, even ...
A: The light you see indicated power and that the drive is being read or written to. the light should ...
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| To delete all deleted | 3/27/2009 |
Q: I understand that large volumes of data, especially from temporary internet files, are still on the ...
A: Permanent file deletion is a tough topic. For example, lets say you have a picture saved to you ...
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| USB Hard Drive Problem | 3/27/2009 |
Q: My USB Disk Drive (Seagate ST350063 0A) shows up in the Device Manager (without exclamation mark - ...
A: It would be useful to connect the drive internally. However once you open the case, the drive's ...
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| Ejecting external hard drive safely | 3/27/2009 |
Q: I have just purchased a 320 GB Maxtor Basics External Portable Hard Drive. I connected it to my lap ...
A: I have attached a link to a good site describing the removal of drives using and not using the ...
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| external hard drive | 3/26/2009 |
Q: I have a seagate 160 external drive that actually says maxtor on the case but anyway it worked fine ...
A: Well a few things could have happened. The drive could have gone out, but more than likely the ...
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| cannot backup long file names | 3/25/2009 |
Q: How can I quickly identify and remedy long file names on my hard drive? While trying to backup ...
A: Files using long file names can be copied between NTFS file system partitions and Windows FAT file ...
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| error file not found | 3/25/2009 |
Q: c:\window\system32\presetup.cmd - file not found c:\window\system32\setuporg.exe -file not found ...
A: The only way to correct this is to reinstall with the XP disc. While I find it hard to belive it ...
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| Full file won't open | 3/25/2009 |
Q: My hard drive was partitioned to C: and D: drives. I have a portable hard drive (500GB) and I ...
A: It is possible that the file you are trying to open was corrupted when transferred. Also, the ...
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| icons for downloaded internet explorer 8 | 3/24/2009 |
Q: I downloaded the Internet Explorer 8 but there is no icon in my start box or on my desktop. How do ...
A: Which version of Internet explorer shows up in add and remove? If it is not 8, then i suggest you ...
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| icons for downloaded internet explorer 8 | 3/22/2009 |
Q: I downloaded the Internet Explorer 8 but there is no icon in my start box or on my desktop. How do ...
A: When you installed it, you should just be able to use the icon that is already there. IF not, you ...
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| Hardware-unstable computer/fast to like a turtle | 3/22/2009 |
Q: I'll try to keep it short and concise. I just bought a duo core processor, 2.666hz, by 2.666hz, 3 ...
A: First off, I would suggest to enable the programs you disabled in MSCONFIG. Then disable the ones ...
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| Computer Freezes Tranferring Files | 3/21/2009 |
Q: I recently started having problems with my HP. It runs on Xp. I have less than 5% disk space on my ...
A: Try moving smaller blocks of data and see if that helps. Your computer resources might not be able ...
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| USB Hard Drive Problem | 3/21/2009 |
Q: My USB Disk Drive (Seagate ST350063 0A) shows up in the Device Manager (without exclamation mark - ...
A: You can attempt to assign a drive letter to it. Simply right click my computer, chose manage. Then ...
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| Hard drive upgrade limitations | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I need additional hard drive capacity. My system is based on a ASUS P3B-F, Award Medallion bios v6.0 ...
A: The drive is limited to what the motherboard can handle. In your case, this is a Parallel ATA hard ...
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| Corrupted Hard Drive-File Recovery | 3/18/2009 |
Q: My hard drive is quickly failing. After logging into Windows, the wallpaper loads and then then ...
A: This does not mean the hard drive is failing, it means that the operating system is becoming ...
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| Hard Drive issue? | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I have owned my HP laptop for about a yr now and up until a few weeks back the systemn woudl just ...
A: It probably sounds like it is booting up because the fans begin their highest speed to cool the ...
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| how to set up a hard drive | 3/17/2009 |
Q: Hey. trying to set up my old PC but every time i switch it on it turns off again and theres a beepin ...
A: That beeping noise is telling you that there is a problem. These beep codes point to different items ...
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| external hard drive | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I put together a 40gb hard drive and enclosure. my question is,do I need to format it,and if so how ...
A: You can format it through disk management. Right click on My Computer, chose Manage. Then chose disk ...
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| External HD not opening | 3/17/2009 |
Q: My Western Digital 500 GB external HD is not opening on my computer. It turns on when plugged in and ...
A: The software for the drive is not installed, you do not have a drive letter assigned to it, bad ...
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| Sony Viao PCV-RS402 | 3/15/2009 |
Q: My home PC is a Sony Viao PCV-RS402. Lately, the computer is running slower and slower. I have ...
A: The D drive is most likely a partition on the main hard drive. The only way to combine the two, is ...
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| cd not playing | 3/14/2009 |
Q: my new laptop cd did play at first, i think i may of pressed something, so it now does not play cd ...
A: The CD drive not playing would not be related to the hard drive. I would suggest that you recheck ...
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| hard disk capacity | 3/14/2009 |
Q: I have a small doubt regarding the hard disks. I have bought a brand new 80 GB hard disk but while ...
A: It is common that the actual size does not show up correctly. The formatted capacity is often less ...
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| Dead external hard drive | 3/13/2009 |
Q: I bought a Toshiba 1 tbite external drive for my son new imac and tried to format but no joy.I then ...
A: Some of these drives have built in software. You might need to contact Toshiba to correct the ...
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| Modem or hardrive not coming on | 3/13/2009 |
Q: I have a windows xp year 2005 and the hardrive or Modem isnt turning on anymore the screen works its ...
A: Chances are what you are smelling is either the power supply unit or the hard drive. The modem is ...
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| External Hard Drive Not Working | 3/13/2009 |
Q: I have a Western Digital external hard drive. I've had for about 2 years and it been working fine. A ...
A: The hard drive has become corrupt. The only way to fix this is to reformat and start over. However ...
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| maxtor onetouch 3 mini has no space | 3/12/2009 |
Q: I can mount my usb maxtor but device manager shows 0 bytes ( not 0 free, but 0 period). is there ...
A: It is possible that the drive is encrypted. And without the software the drive would be unreadable. ...
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| During boot up the screen stays black | 3/12/2009 |
Q: I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V3515. During boot up the screen stays black and windows doesn't ...
A: The problem is related to the connection to the motherboard not being tight. And because of it, when ...
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| During boot up the screen stays black | 3/12/2009 |
Q: I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V3515. During boot up the screen stays black and windows doesn't ...
A: You are losing the connection with your hard drive. When you put pressure on the left side, you are ...
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| dual boot system | 3/12/2009 |
Q: I am working on a Dell system of my brother's. He has one teen-age daughter. She downloads lots of ...
A: Yes it is possible. I have attached a link to a great site, with very detailed instructions. This ...
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| Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 | 3/11/2009 |
Q: S/N L41GWYZH 200GB Hard Drive - I came to work today and it does not come on. It is plugged into an ...
A: Something could be wrong with the power adapter or the external hard drive itself. I would check to ...
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| USB Device Not Recognized Error | 3/10/2009 |
Q: I have a Acer Inpsire 3100 Laptop w/AMD Sempron and my USB ports no longer recognize my Fugi Camera, ...
A: The problem is probably related to the driver that controls the USB port. I would check to make sure ...
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| gateway harddrive help | 3/9/2009 |
Q: I have a new gateway and it runs on vista home premium i looked at my space on the harddrives and my ...
A: You can chose to save files onto the D drive when you save a file. You will have to point it to the ...
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| Why wont my external harddrive wont work any more? | 3/9/2009 |
Q: i plug my harddrive in the computer it beep twice and wouldnt show up. I tried to add a hardware on ...
A: I can give you general tips, but without the model and OS it makes it hard to give you a solid ...
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| SATA install problems | 3/8/2009 |
Q: I recently purchased an internal Maxtor 500 GB SATA II/300 hard drive. My mainboard is a P4S5A ...
A: You are able to install third party drivers when the windows setup begins. When the setup first ...
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| split hard drive | 3/8/2009 |
Q: I have a split hard drive. The main drive C is full, but the second drive is empty. How do I move ...
A: First off you will need to verify the second part has been partitioned and formatted. If you are ...
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| harddrive problem or something else? | 3/6/2009 |
Q: i am Sajjan K.C and I own a 200gb sata hard disk,2 gb of ram,intel core 2 duoe4500 procesor and msi ...
A: Well the amount of RAM in your computer can affect things such as video rate's. Do determine the ...
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| Windows Installation Problem | 3/5/2009 |
Q: I have a brand new Western Digital SATA 500 GB Hard drive (WD5000AAKS) and having problems with ...
A: Normally I would suggest that the drive needs new drivers at windows install, but you have already ...
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| usb drive + music | 3/5/2009 |
Q: I have 3gb of music in my usb drive, which I play from often. But the led light is always flashing ...
A: The light is probably flashing when the drive is being read. This is common. I would not be worried. ...
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| harddrive problem or something else? | 3/4/2009 |
Q: i am Sajjan K.C and I own a 200gb sata hard disk,2 gb of ram,intel core 2 duoe4500 procesor and msi ...
A: It is probably a result of one of two things. I would first check your video driver to make sure you ...
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| pen drive problem | 3/2/2009 |
Q: sir, i recently purchased a 8 gb transcend pendrive yesterday i was watching a movie from pendrive ...
A: You will need try formatting the drive again. This time however, use the disk management tool that ...
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| Numerous problems with hard drives | 3/1/2009 |
Q: I have a problem with my PC. I'm using Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2). Just a few days ...
A: Wow. You can get a disk from the computer manufacturer, borrow a friends, or download it from the ...
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| Missing/Corupt Partition table (i think) | 2/27/2009 |
Q: I have a Western Digital Passport USB HD. It got unplugged one day and when i plugged it back in ...
A: Like you, that is my choice also. I have used several different pieces of software over the years. ...
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| FAT32 error | 2/26/2009 |
Q: I am having a problem with my desk top ( runs XP) Every once in a while when I first try to log on I ...
A: Well XP is made to run on the NTFS format. So the FAT32 would cause problems. You can run the scan ...
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| startup noise | 2/24/2009 |
Q: Recently, I am hearing a grinding noise when I start up my computer. I don't remember hearing that ...
A: Check all the cd drives, fans, power supply and hard drive. If you can pinpoint the noise you might ...
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| 3d Driver message - fault | 2/24/2009 |
Q: I've very very recently upgraded to Vista and now my son's favorite game won't work - keep getting a ...
A: Just because it is new, does not mean it does not have an update available. Also your game might be ...
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| 3d Driver message - fault | 2/23/2009 |
Q: I've very very recently upgraded to Vista and now my son's favorite game won't work - keep getting a ...
A: Sounds like you need to update the driver for the video card. This will more than likely come from ...
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| Windows XP Home problem | 2/23/2009 |
Q: in an effort to speed up my computer I tried to disable some programs from the startup. I looked ...
A: First off, BIOS/CMOS is like brain of the computer. It tells the computers where to look for ...
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| dissappearing drive | 2/21/2009 |
Q: I'm running XP SP3. When I got this computer a couple of years back, I the 160 GB HD from the old ...
A: Sounds like you might have a virus. I would run a full scan. Also run windows update to make sure ...
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| switch function of 2 hard drives | 2/21/2009 |
Q: I purchased my PC in 2000 from Dell with Windows ME. I have since purchased an XP upgrade. The ...
A: It is not possible to just move to boot files. When the partition is first created, and the OS ...
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| Flash/jump drive life expectancy? | 2/19/2009 |
Q: I have a Kingston 2GB flash or “jump” drive (what's the proper term?) that is over a year old. I ...
A: The life expectancy is still up for debate in technology circles. They do not have moving parts that ...
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| data not shown | 2/19/2009 |
Q: My have fujitsu laptop,due to power supply problem ,sent for repair.my operating system is windows ...
A: My computer is just a tool to view data on the drives. And the desktop is a folder within the user ...
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| HDD brands | 2/19/2009 |
Q: I am using a ware called HDD_tune v255. It can tell every drive on my pc by their brand. for example ...
A: How its finds the information is not know to me. Built in, you can use System Information. Start> ...
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| Hard Drive Issue | 2/18/2009 |
Q: We have a PC workstation running Server 2003 and we had to shut off the power last night and when ...
A: I would suggest trying to reset the CMOS/BIOS. Pull the battery, or use the jumper following the ...
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| Pretty much an unknown problem. | 2/16/2009 |
Q: Okay, this problem appeared today for the first time. It started out as the screen going all random ...
A: Sounds like the computer is in a boot loop of sorts. The high rev part is when the computer is first ...
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| Trojan Virus | 2/16/2009 |
Q: I have a viru called downloader tny AIA Trojan I purchased Kaspersky Anti Virus Software. When I try ...
A: First off, I would try using the tool I have included a link for below. ...
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| NEW HARD DRIVE FOR AN OLDER COMPUTER. | 2/15/2009 |
Q: I AM TRYING TO INSTALL A NEW WESTERN DIGITAL 160 GB HARD DRIVE IN MY HP PAVILION 514N I WANT TO RUN ...
A: I had a problem similar to this a while back. Turns out the jumpers had a special setting. Double ...
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| hard drive disappeared | 2/14/2009 |
Q: once i installed it, it asked to reboot my computer, and on the reboot, the computer said it could ...
A: You mentioned that the partition does not show up in disk management. You cannot restore the ...
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| my hard disc is showing less capacity than actual | 2/13/2009 |
Q: I have a hard disc/drive of 20GB capacity. Earlier i used partition magic 8.0 for the unification of ...
A: There are a few possible reasons. One it the drive itself has some free space. But more than likely ...
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| SP0812C | 2/13/2009 |
Q: I HAD BEEN USING SAMSUNG HARDISK DRIVES I HAVE ONE ACCORDING TO ME IT 4-5 YEARS OLD AND HAD NO ...
A: The error you are receiving means that your hard drive is dead or will be soon. Because of the time ...
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| blue screen | 2/12/2009 |
Q: How do i get a recovery disc for Dell computer key4FY1L1J. i have tried all the solutions that come ...
A: You do not need them because you have the XP disc. Everything that you downloaded is already on the ...
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| New hard drive for laptop | 2/12/2009 |
Q: Gateway M460Xb laptop had crash problems. Replaced Hitachi HTS424040M9AT00 (40GB ultra ATA) with ...
A: The hard drive is not brand specific within the Windows OS world. The original drive and the new ...
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| SP0812C | 2/12/2009 |
Q: I HAD BEEN USING SAMSUNG HARDISK DRIVES I HAVE ONE ACCORDING TO ME IT 4-5 YEARS OLD AND HAD NO ...
A: First off I need to know where you got the error from. Is it from a program within windows, a hard ...
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| formatting problem | 2/11/2009 |
Q: eh i am sharing the same name with you.i was trying to format my 20gb hard drive but when windows is ...
A: I would check the installation media. Also only have the hard drive that you want to install onto ...
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| blue screen | 2/11/2009 |
Q: How do i get a recovery disc for Dell computer key4FY1L1J. i have tried all the solutions that come ...
A: You will need to either order it from Dell, or download from the Internet for free legally. I have ...
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| Power Outtage and Hard Drive | 2/11/2009 |
Q: William, you helped me with problem I was having with a failing hard drive on my old computer and ...
A: The damage it would have caused to your computer is minimal, if any. I wouldn't worry about it. Now, ...
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| Half of hard drive and extended partition gone | 2/10/2009 |
Q: My computer was hit by a virus, (I believe) that resulted in having practically non of my software ...
A: That installation media and your BIOS would defiantly be fine. I am perplexed as to why it would ...
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| Half of hard drive and extended partition gone | 2/10/2009 |
Q: My computer was hit by a virus, (I believe) that resulted in having practically non of my software ...
A: First off I need to know what OS your are using. There are some windows caps for hard drive space ...
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| maxtor 320gb | 2/9/2009 |
Q: my 3200 personal storage, 320gb is not working. i get a code 10 message. i had it looked at and they ...
A: That error code explanation means the internal workings of the actual hard drive are in trouble. I ...
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| SATA drives | 2/9/2009 |
Q: I have a Dell Inspiron 531 which seems to have 4 SATA sockets. As supplied it had 1 HDD and a DVD ...
A: Your computer supports a combination of these devices: Up to two serial ATA hard drives, One ...
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| help!!! | 2/9/2009 |
Q: I have a Dell inspiron 1520 laptop. Last Monday I dropped it broke the screen and the hard drive ...
A: You can have a few options. One is to use a Linux distribution called Knoppix. Its boot off the CD ...
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| want to buy a portable hard disk | 2/9/2009 |
Q: hai I wanted to buy a portable hard disk of 80-160GB at a reasonable price. Can you tell me what ...
A: Some things to look for are that it is made by a name brand company. The best ones are made by ...
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| Hardrive or ram? | 2/8/2009 |
Q: Got a weird one for you am not sure if it is my hard drive or maybe my ram? Ok i boot up my pc and ...
A: It could be hard drive, however it could be just an error within the OS itself. You might try ...
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| renaming C drive after moving files | 2/8/2009 |
Q: and thank you in advance for your time. My C drive is quickly running out of space, and loaded on my ...
A: No, you cannot just copy the programs. They must each be reinstalled. When you install a program, ...
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| renaming C drive after moving files | 2/7/2009 |
Q: and thank you in advance for your time. My C drive is quickly running out of space, and loaded on my ...
A: The only real way is to copy and paste everything. The C drive contains the OS. Your explanation was ...
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| Hardware problem | 2/6/2009 |
Q: When I turn on my computer, it always run slow. Is there anyway of finding out whether I have a ...
A: Yes, you should delete it. If you want a good, free antivirus, try AVG Free edition. I have used it ...
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| Recognise hard drive | 2/6/2009 |
Q: I have a hard 40 GB hard drive from a crashed computer that has valuable data on it. I have tried to ...
A: Device manager only sees the fact that the item it there, and the controller can communicate with ...
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| Floris, follow up | 2/6/2009 |
Q: The system would not allow me another follow up question, hence this new one, refering to your ...
A: Well good news is you only have one partition and it is the whole drive. Sounds like overall the ...
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| Disk space | 2/5/2009 |
Q: I have 60gb hard drive, on disk property it says that I have only 14gb of free space, however i can ...
A: That is not uncommon. I have the same thing on mine. While the C: properties shows 16gb used, all ...
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| Multiple Hard Drive setup for Security | 2/5/2009 |
Q: I have a question regarding booting from different Hard Drives: I have a Home computer that I do I ...
A: The dual boot virus question is hard to answer yes or no. Depending on the virus and type it can ...
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| Disk space | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I have 60gb hard drive, on disk property it says that I have only 14gb of free space, however i can ...
A: Depending on how it was reinstalled, it could be the problem. Who ever did it might have not ...
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| Disk space | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I have 60gb hard drive, on disk property it says that I have only 14gb of free space, however i can ...
A: Well there are many reasons for this. You might have another partition on the drive, or lots of temp ...
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| Saving drive information after os reload. | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I reloaded Windows XP professional on my computer. I loaded it on my C drive, which is my main 200gb ...
A: I have been thinking and talking to other people, and we all come to the same conclusion. When you ...
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| Saving drive information after os reload. | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I reloaded Windows XP professional on my computer. I loaded it on my C drive, which is my main 200gb ...
A: You can check to make sure the drive is being seen by the computer and has a drive letter assigned ...
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| Multiple Hard Drive setup for Security | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I have a question regarding booting from different Hard Drives: I have a Home computer that I do I ...
A: You are looking for a dual boot setup. However currently you cannot install XP or Vista on a ...
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| 2 hard drives | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I have a Gateway w/ windows Vista. My C drive is full and it won't let me download. How do I get to ...
A: It depends. The second drive must be partitioned and formatted to be able to be used. To do this, ...
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| laptop rebooting "almost" non-stop | 2/2/2009 |
Q: I have a problem very similar to this one: ...
A: If you could, please send me the model of your computer. This will help me see if there are any ...
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| Hard Disk Failure | 1/25/2009 |
Q: I recently had a hard disk failure after running a comprehensive scan on my Norton 360. Prior to ...
A: Normally the clicking sound means the drive is failing. It might go out tomorrow, or in eight ...
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| Cannot Find HD | 1/25/2009 |
Q: I wiped my system on a Dell 8200 Laptop and now when I try to reinstall windows it says it cannot ...
A: How do you know the BIOS cannot detect it? If you can access the C drive, then chances are the BIOS ...
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| Hard Disk Failure | 1/25/2009 |
Q: I recently had a hard disk failure after running a comprehensive scan on my Norton 360. Prior to ...
A: That clicking noise you here is the sound of the hard drive failing. You can buy a new hard drive ...
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| Cannot Find HD | 1/24/2009 |
Q: I wiped my system on a Dell 8200 Laptop and now when I try to reinstall windows it says it cannot ...
A: There is no way to add a drive in BIOS. It is automatically detected. You will need to check in the ...
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| Hard drive password loss | 1/23/2009 |
Q: What do I have to do to get my computer hard drive running again? The password I initially entered ...
A: I assume you are talking about the computer startup password that you would have entered via the ...
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| sata power up | 1/22/2009 |
Q: The power supply went out on this sata system. The person who replaced the power supply used a ...
A: First of the easy ones. The wattage of the power supply does not matter in the sense you can go to ...
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| sata power up | 1/22/2009 |
Q: The power supply went out on this sata system. The person who replaced the power supply used a ...
A: I would check all the connections again. Check the power that goes to the motherboard. Make sure all ...
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| Simpletech 1TB harddrive problems | 1/22/2009 |
Q: I bought a Simpletech 1TB external hard drive and installed it without issue. Initially I used the ...
A: You are looking under the wrong folder. You open the Group Policy window. Click the + sign next to ...
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| recovering files from SimpleTech external drive | 1/21/2009 |
Q: My SimpleTech (250GB) after beautiful service for over a year now is not working or recognized by ...
A: When you put the drive into the computer, you need to make sure it is the secondary drive, not the ...
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| backing up files | 1/19/2009 |
Q: i am trying to back-up video files from my desktop's hard drive onto my external hard drive. there ...
A: You probably have temporary files on the drive. Also any files you might have deleted are still on ...
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| Please help! Computer screen keeps going blank! | 1/18/2009 |
Q: There's this really annoying and frustrating problem with my laptop. I purchased in 2007 and it has ...
A: It is not part that can be replaced. It is built into the motherboard. Chances are though it is a ...
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| Maxtor 3200, 320 GB | 1/17/2009 |
Q: I am sending files to this external hard drive. When complete it will not list the file. If I ...
A: The files might be on the drive, however the drive just hasn't updated the screen. After you copy, ...
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| hard drive partitioning | 1/17/2009 |
Q: I tried to reinstall the os. In the partition selection screen all the partitions were lost and it ...
A: I am going to assume you are running win XP. IN the future, please specify the OS. I would attempt ...
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| HARD DRIVES | 1/17/2009 |
Q: I was using windows xp operating system.My hard disk is seagate sata 250gb. While i was copying some ...
A: I would delete all the partitions off the drive, then attempt to install again. When you go to ...
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| BSOD with 2 hard drives | 1/16/2009 |
Q: Here is what i have to start off amd althon x2 3800 asus a8n sli deluxe mobo 2 gigs corsair duel ...
A: Faulty IDE cable could be it. I would put in a new cable and make sure. Because the drive works, and ...
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| Switching Hard Drives | 1/16/2009 |
Q: I am thinking of upgrading my computer (Dell 4500 1.80 ghz) to something with a faster processor. I ...
A: It can in a way. If there is a virus or such it could infect the new computer. But also depending on ...
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| SATA hard drive access | 1/16/2009 |
Q: I have two Western Digital 320 gig SATA hard drives and I am using one as my primary drive and the ...
A: You will need to partition and format the second drive. To do this, right click on My Computer, ...
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| SATA HD - new install | 1/15/2009 |
Q: The original Seagate Barracuda 160GB SATA HD in my Dell 4700 crashed, so I've replaced it with a WD ...
A: You do not load the driver into the BIOS. You would load it before windows setup. To see if the hard ...
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| Please help! Computer screen keeps going blank! | 1/15/2009 |
Q: There's this really annoying and frustrating problem with my laptop. I purchased in 2007 and it has ...
A: This sounds like a problem with the video card or the driver for it. I would check to see if there ...
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| Dell Dimension E310 HDD Upgrade | 1/15/2009 |
Q: Trying to upgrade the factory WD800 (80GB) SATA with recently purchased WD Caviar 7500 AACS (750GB) ...
A: For your computer, you will repeatedly press F2. Not a combo with any other keys. You will need to ...
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| Dell Dimension E310 HDD Upgrade | 1/14/2009 |
Q: Trying to upgrade the factory WD800 (80GB) SATA with recently purchased WD Caviar 7500 AACS (750GB) ...
A: You will need to check the drive jumpers on the drive. Also you should check the sata operation in ...
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| Hard Drive replacent/recovery | 1/14/2009 |
Q: Had a question real quick, I have an HP-dv6000 laptop(I think) loaded with vista, that has what I ...
A: Yes you can do that. However you have a SATA hard drive now, so your friends would have to be SATA ...
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| Phisically damaged portable hard drive | 1/12/2009 |
Q: I accidentally dropped my portable harddisk. And now pc isn't detecting it. Whenever I attach usb to ...
A: Getting service from the warranty will be hard. Warranty generally only covers defects from ...
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| hard drive | 1/12/2009 |
Q: during reinstall of windows xp on my wife's computer it gets to the end and a screen pops up saying, ...
A: It seems that your system recovery partition is damaged. I would attempt to get the WIN XP install ...
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| hard drive | 1/11/2009 |
Q: during reinstall of windows xp on my wife's computer it gets to the end and a screen pops up saying, ...
A: This error is sometimes received when the file system is different from the one you need to install ...
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| hard drive not working | 1/11/2009 |
Q: I have had a lot of trouble formatting hard drives lately. I get quite a lot of old computers to ...
A: I would also check to make sure the install source you are using is intact and good. When you format ...
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| bad sector | 1/11/2009 |
Q: what's a bad sector and how to remove it...suggest a professional but free liscensed software to use
A: Before you replace, I always like to try for a repair. Most hard disks actually have some spare ...
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| Seagate 1.5 TB Hard Drive installation | 1/10/2009 |
Q: I just bought a new Gateway desktop and wanted to have a back up drive so I bought a Seagate 1.5TB ...
A: You might have to load drivers for the enclosure. I would check the documentation that came with the ...
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| power problems | 1/10/2009 |
Q: my friend accidentally plugged in my laptops power supply cord into my Western Digital My Book 320g ...
A: Yes it is possible. The drive and the laptop do not share the same current flow and it is very ...
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| Data Recovery | 1/7/2009 |
Q: I would like to learn more about data recovery. I'm not interested in things that are not possible ...
A: Well when the MBR becomes corrupted, you can fix it with simple DOS commands within the recovery ...
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| hard drive software problems | 1/6/2009 |
Q: my computer show a screen that said windows has failed to start due to a hard ware software problem. ...
A: You will need to start the computer, put the disc in and then restart it. This will cause the ...
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| Installing xp pro on a formatted hard drive | 1/6/2009 |
Q: Here's the question....... I've formatted my drive on my laptop, and i'm trying to install xp pro ...
A: Are you using the disk that came with the computer? The screen you see is because windows setup does ...
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| moving iTunes to external hard drive | 1/5/2009 |
Q: I recently bought a Western Digital 1TB external hard drive and I moved all of my music, movies, ...
A: When iTunes saves the music from the store, it places it in the Itunes folder in the My Music ...
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| No backgrounds anywhere | 1/4/2009 |
Q: I'm not sure I am in the right place but about a week ago, all of the backgrounds on almost every ...
A: Wow. As for the first one, you might need to reinstall windows. You seem to have some errors within ...
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| Adding New Hard Drive: Pentium 4 at 1.7 Ghz | 1/3/2009 |
Q: I would like to add a new hard drive to a 2002 model Dell Dimension 4400 with a Pentium 4 (1.7 Ghz). ...
A: The drive itself does have to be PATA as you mentioned. However there is no limit to hard drive ...
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| Toshiba USB HD appears & disappears, not all files available | 1/3/2009 |
Q: I have a Toshiba external USB drive that is having some problems. It appears sometimes, I can see ...
A: The intermittent failure does point to the drive going out. If you are unable to copy all of the ...
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| Hard Drive does not show up during Windows Installation | 1/2/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to reinstall Windows XP on my system, but when it gets to the part for formatting the ...
A: If the drive is SATA, then the jumpers could be incorrectly set or you will need to install a driver ...
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| New SATA Hard Drive Not Showing Up On My Computer | 1/2/2009 |
Q: I just added a third SATA hard drive (Western Digital WD10EACS)to my HP desktop. The BIOS & device ...
A: The computer itself sees the hard drive. However it must be partitioned and formatted before it will ...
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| Harddrive & system reboot | 12/30/2008 |
Q: I have a dell dimension 4300 & I only had a 40 gb western harddrive in it,I needed more space so I ...
A: That would have been helpful to know the first time around. Sounds like the OS is to blame, or a ...
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| Harddrive & system reboot | 12/29/2008 |
Q: I have a dell dimension 4300 & I only had a 40 gb western harddrive in it,I needed more space so I ...
A: My suggestion is that you pull out the new drive and allow it to try to go back to the way it was. ...
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| drive | 12/29/2008 |
Q: Just purchased a new 1TB internal hard drive to store files on. After going through bios and ...
A: I think you did activate RAID. I would attempt to back up your files before you go any further. ...
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| hard drive , | 12/27/2008 |
Q: ive bought a hitachi pata 250GB hard drive for my pc as the drive ive got in it is only a 20GB, i ...
A: I was not able to fully follow your question. Let me see though if I got it close. You bought a new ...
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| 500GB Elements harddrive not idenitied | 12/27/2008 |
Q: please give me information on how to re-install my drive..it worked perfectly until i formatted my ...
A: Chances are the drivers for the USB are not currently on the machine. Install them and try again. ...
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| Recover data from SATA HD of Laptop | 12/27/2008 |
Q: William, I have a Gateway laptop and my SATA HD got corrupted 2 months back cos of ...
A: First off when you got the virus, you could have simply reinstalled the OS onto the drive instead of ...
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| simpletech hard drive fried | 12/27/2008 |
Q: William, Home for the holidays at my parents, i plugged the power cord from a lap top into my ...
A: Sounds like the drive is toast. You can try to pull the drive out of its current enclosure, and put ...
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| re-installing os | 12/27/2008 |
Q: My brother tried to install xp sp2. somehow the laptop keeps trying to reboot and then it comes to ...
A: Because of the fresh install it is more difficult to tell you exactly what is wrong. Normally a boot ...
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| program downloads | 12/24/2008 |
Q: I recently tried to delete programs that download when I start my computer. I went to run, ...
A: You are typing the wrong command. It is "msconfig" not "misconfig". This should clear things up. You ...
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| not booting up | 12/24/2008 |
Q: William.. I shut down everything, and moved my desktop to a new home... when I started it back up, ...
A: The message you saw is generated normally the CPU fan not working. If you can not find the fault, ...
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| acer laptop hardrive problems | 12/24/2008 |
Q: When I turn on my laptop it tries to pull up windows xp but goes to a blue screen that says " ...
A: Geek squad is partially right. Yes the hard drive could be bad, but the drive is saying that the OS ...
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| not booting up | 12/24/2008 |
Q: William.. I shut down everything, and moved my desktop to a new home... when I started it back up, ...
A: Your fan on the CPU might be not working, or loose. Generally when the computer does that, it points ...
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| program downloads | 12/23/2008 |
Q: I recently tried to delete programs that download when I start my computer. I went to run, ...
A: I cannot find the source for the problem. Do you have AVG installed? If so you will need to clear ...
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| boot loop | 12/23/2008 |
Q: My computer sticks in a boot loop if I try to start in safe mode. I am trying to start in safe mode ...
A: No one real knows what causes your problem. Have you recently upgraded to the 5.0? You might try ...
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| usable HD size? | 12/21/2008 |
Q: Have a T42 IBM Think Pad - C drive under My Computer only shows the HD as 14.6 GIG However when I ...
A: That 18.32gb partition is the recovery and diagnostic partition on your computer. While you can ...
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| My laptop keep rebooting | 12/21/2008 |
Q: I have an HP laptop (HP Pavilion dv6000) that when I turn it on, after about 5-10 seconds while the ...
A: Sounds like your motherboard might be acting up. When you boot the computer, does the screen show ...
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| Hard drive not booting | 12/21/2008 |
Q: Hey, I've had a problem like this before and I've fixed this but I don't know how I did it, nor do I ...
A: Well it all depends on where it is hanging in the boot process. The hard drive will not begin to ...
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| Portable Drive I/O Magic 40 GB | 12/21/2008 |
Q: I've formatted my I/O Magic 40 gb portable drive and downloaded music. After that car receiver ...
A: This is something I am not familiar with. I pulled your owners manual from the Kenwood website. Your ...
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| PC reboot during startup | 12/19/2008 |
Q: My PC restarts during bootup it goes to windows xp loading logo and then it restarts. I cant choose ...
A: Your computer is experiencing a boot loop. Common after system changes and when new drivers are ...
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| Hard drive not recognized in BIOS | 12/19/2008 |
Q: My Gateway MT6705 had the hard drive fail. I replaced the SATA drive but now the BIOS does not ...
A: The system being a laptop changes things. Normally when the sata drive is not being regonized it ...
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| My computer will not boot when truned on | 12/19/2008 |
Q: How do I reboot my computer from another computer? My computer cannot reboot. It keep returning to ...
A: I understand what you problem is, and I am trying to tell you how to fix it. That is what your ...
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| My computer will not boot when truned on | 12/18/2008 |
Q: How do I reboot my computer from another computer? My computer cannot reboot. It keep returning to ...
A: You can not get passed this page. The only way to get in is to either boot into safe mode, or ...
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| HDD Failure / MBR | 12/16/2008 |
Q: I have a Dell laptop with 2 x 250GB Western Digital SATA drives. The laptop was dropped the other ...
A: Well you can rebuild the MBR. Your Windows XP setup CDROM has a tool called the Recovery Console, ...
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| western digital "my book' external hard drive | 12/11/2008 |
Q: I recently moved my p c and when i reconected my external hard drive the computer will not recognize ...
A: Double check to make sure the drive is powered on and plug it in on a different port on the ...
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| drive | 12/10/2008 |
Q: Just purchased a new 1TB internal hard drive to store files on. After going through bios and ...
A: Assuming you did nothing like try to install a new copy of vista, your OS and files are still there, ...
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| Dead Batter/Destroying Files/Disposal of | 12/9/2008 |
Q: I have an old (486?) Packard Bell Legend 11CD (Model 281DSSA) w/Intel Inside. The battery is dead ...
A: Easy part first. Do protect your files and programs you can simply pull out the hard drive and you ...
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| mac os on external. computer running vista. will my computer be able to run mac and vista. | 12/9/2008 |
Q: i wanted to know if i put mac os 4 on my external hard drive. will my vista computer allow me to ...
A: It will cause no damage to vista, however I am not sure about the rest. In essence you are creating ...
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| Hard drive full 2gb free from 136gb | 12/7/2008 |
Q: I have removed programs but no help. I have vista hp and a dell 1520 laptop. I have run checkdisk, ...
A: Sounds like you need some free space on your hard drive. Deleting programs is a great way to free up ...
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| boot freeze with external hard-drive | 12/5/2008 |
Q: I've just bought a 1TB external hard drive and my PC freezes when I'm booting up if the device is ...
A: The drive would not show up in the BIOS anyway, it is external and USB. Therefore the bios wont see ...
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| Gateway computer died | 12/4/2008 |
Q: My Gateway desktop died. I push the on-button, nothing happens. A guy at work who works in MIS said ...
A: You can replace the motherboard, but that will cost alot. You can but the HD into another computer. ...
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| Can moved files be recovered? | 12/3/2008 |
Q: 2 / 3 months ago I moved a lot of my files from "my documents" to my external free agent drive. I ...
A: They can still be on there. System restore only restores system settings. Not personal files. Your ...
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| Hard drive, partition removal | 12/3/2008 |
Q: I am currently working on a hp laptop. The laptop has 2 OS installed on it and will give a choice ...
A: The can be causes by many things. Namely are there SATA or RAID drivers that need to be installed ...
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| secondary hard drive | 12/3/2008 |
Q: First off thanks for taking the time to help me with this i am running a dell dimension 1100 with ...
A: I would try to move the secondary hard drive onto the primary IDE cable as a slave drive. Make sure ...
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| Partition Recovery | 12/2/2008 |
Q: I have a problem with my data - I recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro. The thing is that I chose to ...
A: Your choices are very limited. You have written over the old data when you reinstalled and there is ...
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| Hard Drive Failure | 12/1/2008 |
Q: I failed to back up my data after getting "eminent hard drive failure" messages when booting up my ...
A: Well you can pull the HD out of the old computer and place it in a good one. But the drive must be ...
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| Simpletech Hard Drive issues | 12/1/2008 |
Q: to bad for me that none of it worked. I bought a 500gb Simpletech hard drive and have been using it ...
A: Sounds like the drive might be dead. You can try to make sure all the drivers are installed, but ...
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| Simpletech Hard Drive issues | 11/30/2008 |
Q: to bad for me that none of it worked. I bought a 500gb Simpletech hard drive and have been using it ...
A: Hard drives come in two different connectors. SATA or PATA. PATA is also referred to by some as IDE ...
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| deleting programs | 11/29/2008 |
Q: I want to clean up my computer can we delete everything and just reload the programs I want. ...
A: You have several options. You can delete what you do not want, or you can reload everything. OS, ...
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| External hard drive | 11/27/2008 |
Q: I have a Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini 320GB external hard drive with a lot of material and the usb port on ...
A: Sounds like you have a problem. generally that warning is related to a bad cable, or that the device ...
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| transferring files | 11/27/2008 |
Q: I don't whether you can help or not, but here goes. I have just set up a new computer and I want to ...
A: Well you have many options. First there is the simple external hard drive way to go. Similar to a ...
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| Error when adding a harddrive, | 11/27/2008 |
Q: Kennedy. I have a Compaq Presario SR1720NX. 3500 AMD Sempron Processor at 2 Ghz, 960 MB RAM, 1 ...
A: Finding the specs on your computer was a little difficult. But here are a few things for you. If ...
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| Hard drive problem | 11/27/2008 |
Q: I have a western digital 80 gb h.d. WDC WD800JB-32JJCO, that is giving me H---. It has XP Pro Corp ...
A: If the drive only works in the slave position, the MBR might is bad. Good Luck. Restart your ...
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| Hard drive nightmare! | 11/25/2008 |
Q: I was operating with a 10 gig harddrive, too small but had a lot of information saved to it that I ...
A: Sounds like you are in a pickle. But no worries, it should be easy for you to fix. You will need to ...
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| Hard Drive boot. | 11/25/2008 |
Q: I brought a new hard drive, installed it and started up the computer. I get a message saying "NTLDR ...
A: NTLDR is a system file required for boot. You will need to fix it so the computer will boot. It is ...
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| Hard drive problem | 11/24/2008 |
Q: I have a western digital 80 gb h.d. WDC WD800JB-32JJCO, that is giving me H---. It has XP Pro Corp ...
A: Sounds like the cable might be in the wrong place. The main drive should be plugged into the Primary ...
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| Computer doesn't recognize all hard drive space | 11/24/2008 |
Q: Why won't my new PC that I built recognize the 320 gig IDE hard drive? It only sees 32 gb roughly ...
A: Probably a problem with the BIOS, although it could be a jumper setting. Here is the link to ...
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| Outlook Express is froze | 11/23/2008 |
Q: I had a power surge yesterday, went in and read 3 messages and on the 4th it froze and I cannot ...
A: Because you mentioned the power surge, I would check to make sure it didn't fry the network card. If ...
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| Out of memory | 11/22/2008 |
Q: I have a windows XP HP Pavillion 7915 computer is probably 5 years old or so. I probably have too ...
A: First off the easy part. Yes you can add more storage space. What you need is a new hard drive. ...
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| Hard isk space lost | 11/21/2008 |
Q: i use SATA drive and my space was 200gb.i used Vista but then returned to XP.XP showed my space as ...
A: You drive is partitioned as two drives probably. You will need to remove the partition to regain the ...
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| Data Rescue from laptop HDD | 11/21/2008 |
Q: My HDD from my 'downed' laptop (Nice HP have decided to repair it FOC - BIOS issues.) is sitting in ...
A: You should be able to just dock the drive and access the files. The file restrictions put on are by ...
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| Simpletech 320gb HD not recognized | 11/20/2008 |
Q: First, I've been all over the internet trying to get my external hd working. Here's the story: About ...
A: How old is the drive? Genrally the device driver is a windows default and they are usaually plug and ...
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| startng up problem | 11/20/2008 |
Q: I am having an assembled personal computer with internet connection. About two weeks ago I had a ...
A: The only way to fix the problem you have described is to reinstall windows. System restore only ...
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| laptop problem | 11/19/2008 |
Q: William, I don't know who to ask so I hope you can help or point me in the right direction. I have ...
A: It is a problem with the computer itself. Have you run Windows Update? If, not do! You can access it ...
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| Data Rescue from laptop HDD | 11/18/2008 |
Q: My HDD from my 'downed' laptop (Nice HP have decided to repair it FOC - BIOS issues.) is sitting in ...
A: The only time the files whould be not asseciable is when you are logged in on that computer. The ...
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| External Hard Drives | 11/17/2008 |
Q: I need an external hard drive for my home PC. I have read reviews on many different companies. (ie. ...
A: Recommanding parts is always diffcult. It is hard not to get a biased reveiw. Personally I have a ...
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| External Hard Drives | 11/17/2008 |
Q: I need an external hard drive for my home PC. I have read reviews on many different companies. (ie. ...
A: Recommanding parts is always diffcult. It is hard not to get a biased reveiw. Personally I have a ...
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| Windows XP | 11/14/2008 |
Q: William My computer is in the shop for the second time in three years. The technician said there ...
A: When there are virus on the computer, it is generally thought to reinstall XP. Chances are one of ...
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| universal administrator password | 11/12/2008 |
Q: my girlfrinds children were given a dell 340 desktop from a church. the original owner is annonymous ...
A: You will need to create an account for them. Guest is a locked low level user account. The only way ...
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| Not Enough Disk Space | 11/12/2008 |
Q: I got a pop-up message tonight after booting up & trying to open my "Outlook Express" saying: "There ...
A: First off the easy part. Yes your computer will support another hard drive. They are easy to install ...
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| No Hard Drive Space | 11/11/2008 |
Q: I am running Windows XP and recently I have been getting a low space message. It prompts me to clear ...
A: Even thought the drive might have enough space, if you have deleted files from it, then they still ...
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| Western Digital External Hard Drive won't power on | 11/11/2008 |
Q: My WD External HD will not power up. Although the three buttons on the frotn are illuminated, the ...
A: Sounds like the drive might have gone out. Either that or, the power is slipped off of the drive. If ...
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| Internal Hard Drive stopped working. What are my options? | 11/11/2008 |
Q: One of my internal Hard Drives just stopped working. I could hear the fan shut off as I was copying ...
A: That is odd. I would first check the cables attached to it. Power and communication to make sure the ...
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| E-Machines CRASH | 11/10/2008 |
Q: My E-Machines PC went down. Went to Best But & the Geek Squad guy said I needed to switch it to ...
A: The BIOS utility is accessed before XP loads. Make sure no CD is in the drive, and press the power ...
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| Can't see my second hard drive! | 11/10/2008 |
Q: Three months ago I bought a 1T seagate hard drive to save my music movies etc. on. All of my ...
A: You would be surprised how many have your problem and never state their OS. I would first check to ...
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| External Hard Drive Crash | 11/10/2008 |
Q: Do you know the best way to try to recover data from an external USB HD that has gone bad? Are ...
A: The best way would be to use a file recovery program. I support no one program. Alot of them are not ...
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| wd portable hard drive | 11/7/2008 |
Q: i my hard drive said that it has 116GB left but when I try to put any thing larger that a gig it ...
A: Even thought the drive might have enough space, if you have deleted files from it, then they still ...
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| Imminent hard drive failure, or CD drive problems? | 11/6/2008 |
Q: In the past couple days, my computer has started making horribly loud processing noises, even when I ...
A: That jet plane sound the the CD drive spinning. I wouldnt worry to much about it. However the other ...
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| Hard Drive Problem | 11/6/2008 |
Q: ...... i have Seagate 160GB Hard Disk & Intel D845GVFN Mainboard .i had problem in my OS ..... after ...
A: When the windows finishes coping the files for setup over to the drive, it will reboot. Let it do it ...
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| "master" postion | 11/5/2008 |
Q: hey, I'm not sure if its you i should be asking but i recently purchased a usb2.0 SATA External HDD ...
A: Generally the mast position refers to the jumper setting on the hard drive. IF you bought the ...
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| unrecognizable simpletech hard drive | 11/5/2008 |
Q: My harddrive got a virus and while fixing that the autorun file was deleted and my computer won't ...
A: What do you mean the drive is not recognized? Is it not seen in the my computer or computer ...
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| dvd drive won't boot | 11/3/2008 |
Q: I have being trying to solve this problem of the dvd drive not booting when I put a dvd in the ...
A: Reinstalling XP would have no effect. The computer is telling it to boot after the DVD drive has ...
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| dvd drive won't boot | 11/3/2008 |
Q: I have being trying to solve this problem of the dvd drive not booting when I put a dvd in the ...
A: It does make sense. I also dual boot with WIN XP and Fedora. First check the boot order in the BIOS ...
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| hard drive no seen | 11/2/2008 |
Q: I have bought a new system with vista OS and want to use my old 3.5hdd as it has some files on it ...
A: If you are using Windows XP or Vista you have the option of assigning a drive letter via computer ...
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| crash | 11/2/2008 |
Q: is there a way i can recover photos & other info from a hard drive that stopped working? I ...
A: If the hard drive crashed, then you just reinstalled windows back onto it, then you can use file ...
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| simpletech external hdd 500gb not being recognized | 11/2/2008 |
Q: I had bought a simpletech ext. hdd 500gb about 5 months ago. It was working perfect until a few days ...
A: Check to make sure the drive is powered on, and plugged in. try switching USB ports. Also make sure ...
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| Windows XP program | 11/1/2008 |
Q: My Sony Vaio water cooled desktop computer just went down again (hard drive fried two years ago when ...
A: I am perplexed as to why they would have done that. For what I have researched, the Royale part is a ...
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| using external hard drive | 11/1/2008 |
Q: I have an IBM Thinkpad 1171 that doesn't have a hard drive or caddy. Could I somehow get it to boot ...
A: Yes it is possible. However I do not know if this is the best choice. You would have to format the ...
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| Hard Disk Drive query | 11/1/2008 |
Q: my 80gb drive has just died. Rather than buy a new drive and install in the tower,could I use a ...
A: Yes it is possible. However I do not know if this is the best choice. You would have to format the ...
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| Help.... | 10/29/2008 |
Q: I just hooked up a external hard drive to my computer it all ready has files on it. But my new ...
A: First off, make sure the drive is plugged in to the USB and turned on. Change the USB port it is ...
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| Boot Failure | 10/29/2008 |
Q: Boot Failure : when computer is switched on it fails to boot but after hot boot ( ctrl+Alt+del ) it ...
A: Either the boot order is wrong in the BIOS or the drive itself is jumper as a slave drive, or the ...
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| Toshiba M35X Laptop | 10/27/2008 |
Q: I wrote you about you about 2 hrs ago, This was my original"I was trying to reformat with the ...
A: PXE is a ways to boot the computer from across the network. You need to change the boot order and ...
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| WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE | 10/24/2008 |
Q: I HAVE A WD 1600JS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE AND I CAN NOT GET IT TO SHOW UP ON MY COMPUTER. IT WORKED ...
A: If you are using Windows XP or Vista you have the option of assigning a drive letter via computer ...
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| My messed up drive | 10/20/2008 |
Q: I have winxp sp3 on a 40G drive that is partitioned into C: and various other partitions created by ...
A: Grub is boot loader commonly used in the Linux world. When you removed Grub, you removed the boot ...
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| hard drive laptop | 10/20/2008 |
Q: I have a Dell inspiron 1000 it's 40 gb hard drive. when I open it, it cannot open windows Xp.Then,I ...
A: Without having your computer here, it is hard to troubleshot your problem. Personally with the noise ...
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| hard drive laptop | 10/20/2008 |
Q: I have a Dell inspiron 1000 it's 40 gb hard drive. when I open it, it cannot open windows Xp.Then,I ...
A: When you go into the computer BIOS, there will be an option to reload defaults settings. Usually the ...
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| hard drive laptop | 10/19/2008 |
Q: I have a Dell inspiron 1000 it's 40 gb hard drive. when I open it, it cannot open windows Xp.Then,I ...
A: Sounds like windows crashed. However because of the BIOS status of your hard drive, I would first ...
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| hard drive | 10/19/2008 |
Q: My hard drive crashed. No recovery disks were available. I installed a new harddrive. I am using xp ...
A: If you are using Windows XP or Vista you have the option of assigning a drive letter via computer ...
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| Hard drive formatt problem | 10/17/2008 |
Q: I have a computer with xp pro on it. A couple of years ago I replace the old harddrive with a new ...
A: Win XP Pro uses NTFS as its main file system. It is what it is built to run on. However you have it ...
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| do i need to reformat? | 10/16/2008 |
Q: Kennedy, my question is simple. You see i was trying to re-install a software but than a window pops ...
A: The install.log file was made when you installed the software. It contains the file locations so ...
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| Partition Table Problem with Vista | 10/15/2008 |
Q: I have a Dell Inspiron laptop, funning Windows Vista. In an attempt to partition my hard drive with ...
A: Sounds like a mess. Because of the mess partition magic made, and the other utlity, it is better to ...
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| Sata Used to work | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I have a acer aspire m5630 that is 7 months old. The computer was working no problem 3 weeks ago. ...
A: It is not ever fun to lose data. The fact that you changed the cables and tested the drive in ...
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| HDD | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I really appreciate that. My question is that I recognize that my hard disk is corrupt. I will ...
A: Because you just reinstalled the OS, and the system is slow and freezes, it could point to a problem ...
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| no sound | 10/10/2008 |
Q: I had installed window vista from window xp about a week ago and right after I installed, there is ...
A: A friend of mine did this too. The device driver need to be installed for the sound card. These ...
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| Use of pen drive | 10/5/2008 |
Q: I have two questions regarding pen drives that I'd like to have answers for: 1. When the system ...
A: In regards to question 1, it does not have to do with an open file running from the drive. It's just ...
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| assigning letters to hard drives | 10/4/2008 |
Q: which i use at different times for different work. However sometimes when I plug them in it is ...
A: If you are using Windows XP or Vista you have the option of assigning a drive letter via computer ...
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| External IDE HD issue | 10/4/2008 |
Q: I was having trouble with my old PC of five years. One morning, Windows XP wouldn't boot up. I ...
A: Sounds like you need to assign a drive letter. If you are using Windows XP or Vista you have the ...
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| Need To Delete And Copy Large Amounts Of Data | 10/3/2008 |
Q: I need to delete about half of a terabyte of data. What is the most efficient way to delete full ...
A: It all depends on how to folder are arranged. If you just want to delete a tree of folders, select ...
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| Hard drive unreadable | 10/2/2008 |
Q: I have a 200gbytes internal hard drive. It sometimes appears on the Bios and sometimes dont. I'v ...
A: I don't exactly understand the problem but here are a few tips. Boot the computer with the 80gb ...
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| Hard drive almost full | 10/1/2008 |
Q: When I Defrag my lap top I only have 10% free space. The popup tells me I can gain space by deleting ...
A: Well this all depends on the size of your hard drive, but in general around 20% free. It is ...
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| Hard drive almost full | 9/30/2008 |
Q: When I Defrag my lap top I only have 10% free space. The popup tells me I can gain space by deleting ...
A: Sounds like you need some free space on your hard drive. Deleting programs is a great way to free up ...
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| Uninstalled folders | 9/30/2008 |
Q: I recently (3 days ago) had to free up space on my hard drive, so I deleted a number of old games ...
A: Some times when program are uninstalled they take the folder they are in with them, which seems to ...
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| External Harddrive problem | 9/25/2008 |
Q: I have a problem with an external hard drive. Its a "SimpleTech" i think? Thats what it says on it, ...
A: If you're running a fairly recent Windows OS, look at System Information. On XP: StartAll ...
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| Hard Drive problems!! | 9/23/2008 |
Q: The computer A was running a few days before but started to slow down and not boot sometimes but ...
A: It is hard to answer your question without specificities like OS version and hard drive partition ...
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